Stage

The 20th an­niver­sary tour of rock mu­si­cal Rent comes to York Theatre Royal (01904 623568, york­the­atreroyal.co.uk) on April 18. In­spired by Puc­cini’s opera La Bo­heme , it tells the story of a group of im­pov­er­ished artists strug­gling to sur­vive in New York City’s East Vil­lage. With a mem­o­rable score, the cast in­cludes Lay­ton Wil­liams (Billy El­liot, Bad Ed­u­ca­tion) and Lu­cie Jones (X Fac­tor, Legally Blonde). Un­til April 22.